Memorial graveside 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 at Conway Springs Cemetery, Conway Springs, Kan. A gathering and remembrance time will be at 2 p.m., following graveside, at the community center of Brookside Cottages in Augusta.

James was born in Salina, Kan. on May 22, 1940, to the late Edith Fay (Hankinson) Lowdermilk and Everett Virgil Braden. He was also preceded in death by his step father Lawrence "Pop" H. Lowdermilk; brothers, Richard "Dick" Braden and Robert "Bob" Lowdermilk.

James served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era and he worked as an auto salesman for 35 years.

On Aug. 30, 1984 he married Mary Lou (Vancuren) Braden, in Wichita, who survives him.